CHRISTY

CHRISTY

No Future? “Now, Christy, we need to sort you a plan, and we need to sort it today.”
Christy is what many call a “pro­ble­ma­tic case”. He is a reser­ved guy, but every now and then he blows a fuse. After this hap­pens to him one too many times, his fos­ter fami­ly throws him out. Where to now? Who will take someone like him in just befo­re his 18th bir­th­day? Christy finds tem­po­ra­ry refu­ge with his half-brot­her Shane and his wife Stacey in Cork, Ireland – two peo­p­le he hard­ly knows. Conditions could be bet­ter, not only in his new home, whe­re he feels like an out­si­der, but also in the working-class neigh­bor­hood Knocknaheeny whe­re jobs are scar­ce, peo­p­le are con­stant­ly swea­ring and even child­ren rai­se their midd­le fin­ger. But gra­du­al­ly it beco­mes clear how fri­end­ship, fami­ly, com­mu­ni­ty and soli­da­ri­ty can make indi­vi­du­als stron­ger. (KT)